Sway Bar Nyliners |
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| Background | |
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While developing a new sway bar setup for our World Challenge Cougar, I decided to build a different mounting system...similar to the SRF...i.e. a split aluminum pillow block with a plastic “Nyliner” bearing. In researching the Nyliner, I found a bit of interesting information. |
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| Lubrication and the Nyliner | |
| Overview The SRF sway bars ride in Type 5 Thomson Nyliner flanged bearings.
These bearings are typically billed as “self-lubricating” and I always took that for granted...and never lubed them. But in looking at Thomson’s data for these bearings, I found that the load they can carry increases dramatically if you lubricate them with oil. For the 91/6" diameter bearing used on the SRF, the Nyliner has a dry load rating of 95 pounds. The lubricated load rating is 290 pounds! |
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| Summary | |
| The message is simple, oil your Nyliners. | |
Rev. 7/21/02 |
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